The sex scandal swirling around Silvio Berlusconi has made Italians a laughing stock around the world, the country\'s bestselling Catholic publication said on Wednesday.
Silvio Berlusconi is accused of paying for sex with \'several\' prostitutes during wild parties at his villa near Milan Photo: REUTERS By Nick Squires, Rome 11:30PM GMT 26 Jan 2011
\"Our young people abroad are called \'bunga bunga\' Italians and that is not a flattering definition,\" the Famiglia Cristiana (Christian Family) magazine said in an editorial.
Antonio Sciortino, the editor, said Italy\'s image had been \"damaged around the world\" as a result of the so-called \"bunga bunga\" scandal, in which Mr Berlusconi is accused of paying for sex with \"several\" prostitutes during wild parties at his villa near Milan. He has denied any improper behaviour.
Father Sciortino was responding to four pages of letters in which readers expressed indignation over the prime minister\'s conduct and the harm it was doing to Italy\'s image.
One of Italy\'s biggest selling daily newspapers, La Repubblica, has set up an online forum in which Italians living abroad are invited to write about how the country is being perceived in the wake of the sex scandal.
Thousands of Italians have sent messages to the site, saying they are ashamed and embarrassed by what is unfolding back home
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
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